Aspiring blog authors are warmly invited to attend an interactive workshop taking place as part of Exeter’s 2026 Festival of PGR Research. The session is taking place on Wednesday 27 May at 1.30pm; current Exeter postgraduates can book here.
As postgraduate researchers, we are encouraged to develop our skills in public engagement – but it can be hard to know where to start. In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to structure and write a compelling research blog for a general audience. After 60 minutes of discussion and activities, there will be a 30-minute concentrated writing session. By the end, you will have a brand-new blog entry well underway – and plenty of ideas for where to share it.
We hope that some of the writing produced in the workshop will be published on Slipway in due course.
The Festival of PGR Research is hosted by the Doctoral College as a platform for celebrating the diverse and inspiring research that our postgraduate researchers are conducting at the University of Exeter. This new festival is an opportunity for PGRs to build community, showcase and develop communication, presentation and impact skills and to take part in a variety of competitions, workshops and interactive activities.
Be sure to explore the wide range of activities taking place across the festival, from poster and 3 Minute Thesis competitions to writing workshops and the 2026 Dean’s Commendations.